R. B. Laney

Rev. R. B. Laney, 78, of 1202 N. Walnut Street, Kannapolis, NC, died Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at his residence after two years of declining health and three months of serious illness. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Friday, April 5, 2002, at North Kannapolis Wesleyan Church. Rev. Edwin Luther, Rev. Leroy Cox, and Rev. E. T. Houston will officiate. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9:00 PM Thursday at Lady's Funeral Home. The family will be at the residence of Rev. Laney at other times. Rev. Laney was born June 3, 1923 in Union County, NC. He was a son of the late Raymond Pickett Laney and Isabell Honeycutt Laney. He retired from the Overhauling Dept. of Fieldcrest-Cannon. He was also a licensed Minister of the Wesleyan Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in World War II. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Martha Laney Barbee, and brothers, Frank and Eustace Laney. Rev. Laney is survived by his wife, Lucille Upright Laney; son, Roger Laney and his wife, Betty, of Kannapolis; two grandchildren, Steve Barbee of Kannapolis and Mary Ann Jeschke of Green Bay, WI.